Faculty Member Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

Frank Barnas, Associate Professor in the Department of
Communication Arts at Valdosta State University, was awarded a
Fulbright Scholar grant to attend the Fulbright German Studies
Seminar during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to the United
States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board.

Barnas is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals
who traveled abroad to some 140 countries for the 2003-2004
academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in
1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William
Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual
understanding between the people of the United States and other
countries

The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational
exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 58 years of
existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have
studied, taught or done research abroad, and thousands of their
counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar
activities in the United States. They are among more than 250,000
American and foreign university students, K-12 teachers, and
university faculty and professionals who have participated in one
of several Fulbright exchange programs.

Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of
academic or professional achievement and because they have
demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields.
Among thousands of prominent U.S Fulbright Scholar alumni are
Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics; James Watson,
co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and Nobel Laureate in
Medicine; Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig
Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation.